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Editor's Note: This entry contains spoilers for Hunter x Hunter.

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"O, My Rubber Nen" (sometimes stylised as "O MY RUBBER NEN") is a quote uttered by character Hisoka Morrow from the Japanese manga series Hunter x Hunter, on a scene where he's facing his inevitable death. The scene received mixed reception from the fans as some of them perceived it as a Deus Ex Machina, making that some online communities, like 4chan's anime and manga board /a/, used the quote as a phrasal template to mock alleged "asspulls" in manga series.

Origin

The scene comes from Hunter x Hunter's chapter 357 of the manga, released on June 13th, 2016. The chapter covers the conclusion of the fight between characters Chrollo Lucifer and Hisoka Morow, with Hisoka losing the battle after Chrollo blows him up with his ability. After being confirmed dead by a group of characters, Hisoka suddenly wakes up and explains character Machi that he survived by using his nen (energy that exists in the Hunter x Hunter universe and grants different abilities), injecting gum on his heart and lungs to restart them. The catchphrase can be seen on the fan scanlation from Mangastream, in a flashback describing the events right before his death, where he orders his nen to resurrect him after his death.

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Since the release of chapter 357, the phrase has become popular among the community for its absurdity. Some use it to mock hardcore fans of the franchise, referring it to as weak writing from the series's creator Yoshihiro Togashi. Due to the long and regular hiatuses the author takes from writing Hunter x Hunter, the community thrives on creating memes as content for discussions. These factors made the phrase spread to other discussions, using it to refer to any form of asspull or inconsistency by parodying it. For example; "O, My Friendship Punch".

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^[1] Desuarchive – Search for o my rubber nen

^[2] Desuarchive – Hunter x Hunter

^[3] Desuarchive – ITT: Post the O MY RUBBER NEN moment of the respective series

^[4] Desuarchive – Which was the biggest asspull on comics?

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Quoted By: 164182311 O MY RUBBER NEN 164171945 164173912 How is it an ass-pull? A Guide for Speedreaders Anonymous Wed 01 Nov 2017 16:48:19 No.164182311 Report Quoted By: >164182409 >164175634 It isn't. Anyone who still thinks it is needs to start reading s--- slowly. The main complaints about him coming back are His brain wouldn't be intact after the explosions Iso ath s specifically s to the ro se Gon used Gyo to protect himself from Genthru's Little Flower. Hisoka is a SO can >"Its a deathmatch, so one of the two had to die!" Togashi never made any promises about how the match would go. Also, who in their right mind would expect either of the two to permanently die when they're part of the main characters stories? Anonymous Wed 01 Nov 2017 16:50:52 No.164182409 Quoted By: 164182443 Report 164182311 >"If Hisoka's Nen came back stronger after death, whats stopping him or any character with that knowledge from doing this to get stronger?" Hisoka never knew if it would work, which is why he said "I might as well try this out". As for other characters making an attempt, it's rather stupid when you consider the possibility of killing yourself for nothing Another thing is, even if they did attempt it, it would only be something that might potentially work under the right conditions. First off, Hisoka's last-minute plan to bring himself back relied on Chrollo not damaging his dead body as well as his Nen bringing him back before his brain is inoperable. Second, Hisoka's sheer will to live was what helped bring him back. Similar to how Pitou's fear of Gon harming the King was so strong that it came back as a puppet with its only purpose being tc · ." nymous Mon 13 Nov 2017 11:10:59 No.164651477 Report HE CAN NO IF WE KILLuoted By: >164654056 NEN THAT THE NEN LONGER USE HIS OF THE NEN, AND THERE DEAD I NOULD BE NO STRONGER WAY TO AVOID THE RLUSH OF HM BEFORE AFTER DEATHHE'S GOTTEN 164650796 HATRED ANDHisoka's sheer will to live IES TO FIN A PLACE TO FIX AND NATURALLY GOES TO THE THAN REGRETS, HIS ER That is f------ horseshit and you goddamn know it. No where in any panel during that entire sequence did Hisoka give any hint of him desperately clinging to life. It is objectively one of the worst parts about the fight and the manga as a whole, because we as the readers were essentially gypped off of any real character development for Hisoka. Hisoka neither changed nor hinted at any deeper part of himself being utterly determined to cling to life. He did that s--- on a f------ whim and that utterly destroys the impact of nen becoming stronger after death because it was already explicitly shown to be affected by strong emotions Are you really gonna try and pull some b------- excuse where Hisoka's "Lol welp, if I'm, probably gonna die anyway might as well bust out THIS ONE SIMPLE TRICK (specialists hate him) that I've literally never done n indication of strong emotion? F--- off Hou, wHO View Report HAS THE NEN OF THE CHAIN 164651158 >164651477 You don't think Hisoka's will to live was based on wanting to kill the Spiders? Something he ended up doing not long after he came back? KILL YOUR FRIEND BE AN DEAL What were you expecting during his death scene - some picture of a clown family? Being the narcissist he is, I'm not surprised the pettiness felt towards the PT was what brought him back in the e HISOK Anonymous Mon 13 No All his dialogue and actions past that point was all about killing off the Spiders 164654056 >Being the narcissist he is, I'm not surprised the pettiness felt towards the PT was what brought him back in the end. That's what I saw as well. This is a man arrogant enough to put Hunters on his own arbitrary scale of individual strength. He also pretended to play proctor to weed out the people he deemed as worthless He also came into this fight empty handed which finally bit him in the ass. Responded to strong feelings of personal vanity and incredulity that he was killed so easily and almost effortlessly is plausible ▼ OWN MAN. And you can see his sort of epiphany post revival as he completely forgoes his approach to fighting he's had throughout the entire series BEING SWARMED BY OTHER AND HE'S CONFIDENT 1G니ESS REALITY SURE KNOWS HOW TO GIVE YOU A WAKE- AGAINST WAS A BIT MORE THAN WHERE THEY GO OR WHOEVER THEY'RE WITH... I WON'T STOP NTIL I'VE KILLED YOU PASS THIS CHROLLO'S CALIBER MOST POWERFUL CHEW 수 THEM ALL. FOR ME...? 6.51:34 NO.164182443 Report >164182409 >"Hisoka commanded his Nen! We've never seen that before! Gon got his power-up after specifically thinking "I don't care if this is the end", and an occasion where we don't even hear the character say it via out loud or through their mind is Cheetu (wh and he was in a moment of desperation. Nen is affected by emotions and mental state (as alluded by Kite's description of his En) so for Hisoka to command his Nen (something that doesn't instantly disappear after the ser dies) to activate a specific amount of time post-death is very reasonable within Hisoka's skillset. As for the 'O MY RUBBER NEN meme, that was mostly hisokafags just gloating about Hisoka coming back because the chrollofags were acting smug about Hisoka's death. Now its the /al equivalent of baneposting

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